The Bachelorette Winner Was Also the Worst-Dressed Contestant Last Night

You don't turn on The Bachelorette to see great men's style. You turn on The Bachelorette to see grown men with chiseled bodies and less honed social skills vie for the heart of a woman they'd otherwise have no chance with in the real world. And you watch them doing it in the requisite uniform every swole male reality show star swears by: a henley. But sometimes the occasion (a two-on-one date, a three-on-one group date, a rose ceremony) calls for something more put together than a flimsy piece of cotton with a placket. It calls for a suit.

And on last night's epic slam-your-head-against-the-wall Bachelorette finale, the three remaining guys hoping to make headlines for the next five months before breaking up live happily every after with Rachel Lindsay—chiropractor Bryan, "business owner" Peter, personal trainer Eric—suited up to impress. Except that the man who Rachel picked didn't impress us. In fact, out of the three remaining guys, he was the worst-dressed option Lindsay had to choose from.

Bryan, who hails from Miami (of course), made a name for himself this season by being a grade-A creep and last night, by wearing what appears to be the clothes a nightclub bouncer from his hometown would have lived in circa 2000. It was a light gray (silver?) blazer with a half-contrast lapel (so it's not a tux, but it's not a suit jacket—got it), worn with an open white dress shirt, and a blood-red pocket square that compliments literally nothing else on his person. Was it bad? Yes. Were we surprised? Hardly. Bryan's made it his M.O. this season to wear the worst versions of wardrobe staples. His go-to polo is a gray-and-fuchsia ombré number. His default look is "cozy frat bro." He wears dress shirts sans undershirts.

By contrast, Eric and Peter brought their sartorial A-games to the finale. Eric, who was sent packing early on, rocked an all-black suit paired with a simple white tee. It was sleek, it was modern, and it was warm weather-appropriate. Peter was the only one out of the three who dressed to honor the occasion in a tailored rig that was as serious as our exhaustion from his agonizingly long breakup with Rachel. So in the end, the worst-dressed guy got the girl. The heart wants what the heart wants, and for now, it appears Rachel wants a guy who takes his style cues from A Night at the Roxbury.